Leg 19 - Taipei, ROC to Osaka, JP
Evening arrival into Osaka, JP R23R ILS. Overcast weather but made for a misty sunset.
Leg 20 - Osaka, JP to Petropavlovsk, RU to Anadyr, RU (Technical Stop) to Anchorage AK, USA
Over 1800 nm with two stops in Russia (not much to see unfortunately), but it’s been nearly two months since having launched out of Canada, and we’re back in North America with a fabulous view of Mt. Witherspoon and Mt. Einstein in the distance to round out this leg.
Petropavlovsk, RU
Anadyr, RU
Anchorage Alaska, USA
Leg 21 - Anchorage to Ketchikan to Seattle - the last leg!
Beautiful launch out of Ted Stevens, with Awesome Views of the mountains and frozen inlets. Instrument approach from the north into Ketchikan for a technical stop.
Rough going at FL310 headed into Boeing Field, with CAT and a 90 kt crosswind. I took step downs to find less chop. Unfortunately, the soup went all the way down to about 5,000 AGL and it was icing all the way.
But we broke out just before Seattle proper, and had a clear shot into KBFI. What a world tour!
